lyrics
Any People Anywhere
January 1, 2007
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government... " - Abraham Lincoln
There was a time, a place, an incredible sadness A spoken prayer and a method to the madness The insanity of a radical view Mapped out in the minds of men who knew How to disrupt Corrupt Abrupt-ly push the buttons of a nation there would come to light a fiery revelation a fucked up beyond repair situation suicide mission of little trepidation a violent message to be delivered warnings ignored and in hindsight we shivered
Cause the martyrs of the men came forward eager to die and lift their souls toward eternal life joining hands with the one they called ‘Allah’ in the promised land And jet-bombs crashed and buildings fell Humanity in a state of perpetual hell On earth For what it’s worth No one stepped up – our shoulders just shirked
The leaders had no clear vision And before the rubble cleared the decision Was made To mobilize And the fighter jets dropped bombs from the skies History don’t lie and it’s certain Blood spills upon the parting of the curtain Get your seat up front – Theatre of war Lives cut to carnage on the killing floor
Stop stop stop We gotta stop this We we we Cannot allow it Take take take To the streets we have the power -make a fist that won’t relent Rise up up up Shake off the government.
Planes took to the sky tanks rolled with troops on the ground The dead multiplied but no weapons were found WM-WMD The single greatest line of bullshit in history ‘We the people’ force-fed on lies Accepting with grace the bad news as if we’re hypnotized America the dutiful – brought to its knees Under this administration of tyranny PTSD, TBI Caused by IED’s placed by the roadside Every night on the news A new statistic The dead pile up It’s time to go ballistic Hatred prevails unrest is imminent A sea of blood so thick that we swim in it We’ve got to take em down Take em out of power Not a minute, not a second, not another hour Must go by Before we act People unite-we need to make a pact
This this this Has got to stop now We we Have to work it out somehow Take take take To the streets we have the power -make a fist that won’t relent Rise up up up Shake off the government.
‘Support our troops’ – if ya don’t it’s criminal But my support goes far beyond minimal Bring em home – get them out It’s that kind of support they’ll live to tell about To oppose is equal to treason A patriot – without a country or a reason To fight and kill and die Takes more than just your war slogans to justify
Count the dead piled up in the desert sands Desert camouflage—can’t hide the blood on all our hands It’s not about your political place It’s going to take all of us Community- the fucking human race puritanical fear boils like hell inside us one nation under a God who divides us Wake up wake up And smell the detonation Witness the lowest low of civilization We hold this blue-green earth in our hands The time is now – we need to make amends And we can heal it-yeah we can TRY Or we can follow it down And kiss it all goodbye
There was a time, a place, an incredible sadness A spoken prayer and a method to the madness The insanity of a radical view Mapped out in the minds of men who knew How to disrupt Corrupt Abrupt-ly push the buttons of a nation there would come to light a fiery revelation a fucked up beyond repair situation suicide mission of little trepidation a violent message to be delivered warnings ignored and in hindsight we shivered
Cause the martyrs of the men came forward eager to die and lift their souls toward eternal life joining hands with the one they called ‘Allah’ in the promised land And jet-bombs crashed and buildings fell Humanity in a state of perpetual hell On earth For what it’s worth No one stepped up – our shoulders just shirked
The leaders had no clear vision And before the rubble cleared the decision Was made To mobilize And the fighter jets dropped bombs from the skies History don’t lie and it’s certain Blood spills upon the parting of the curtain Get your seat up front – Theatre of war Lives cut to carnage on the killing floor
Stop stop stop We gotta stop this We we we Cannot allow it Take take take To the streets we have the power -make a fist that won’t relent Rise up up up Shake off the government.
Planes took to the sky tanks rolled with troops on the ground The dead multiplied but no weapons were found WM-WMD The single greatest line of bullshit in history ‘We the people’ force-fed on lies Accepting with grace the bad news as if we’re hypnotized America the dutiful – brought to its knees Under this administration of tyranny PTSD, TBI Caused by IED’s placed by the roadside Every night on the news A new statistic The dead pile up It’s time to go ballistic Hatred prevails unrest is imminent A sea of blood so thick that we swim in it We’ve got to take em down Take em out of power Not a minute, not a second, not another hour Must go by Before we act People unite-we need to make a pact
This this this Has got to stop now We we Have to work it out somehow Take take take To the streets we have the power -make a fist that won’t relent Rise up up up Shake off the government.
‘Support our troops’ – if ya don’t it’s criminal But my support goes far beyond minimal Bring em home – get them out It’s that kind of support they’ll live to tell about To oppose is equal to treason A patriot – without a country or a reason To fight and kill and die Takes more than just your war slogans to justify
Count the dead piled up in the desert sands Desert camouflage—can’t hide the blood on all our hands It’s not about your political place It’s going to take all of us Community- the fucking human race puritanical fear boils like hell inside us one nation under a God who divides us Wake up wake up And smell the detonation Witness the lowest low of civilization We hold this blue-green earth in our hands The time is now – we need to make amends And we can heal it-yeah we can TRY Or we can follow it down And kiss it all goodbye
j.Wilford - 2007